Monthly Archives: August 2017

The work of Baudelaire’s “Monsieur C.G.,” the ideal artist and flâneur Dans la rue, c.1860 Two women and a man in a top hat, n.d. Hyde Park, n.d.

“Thoughts about People,” “A Pickpocket in Custody,” “Making a Night of It”  

  “The Last Cabman,” “The Gin Shop,” “The Pawnbroker’s Shop”  

Illustrations for Sketches by Boz (day 1) — Title Page, The Streets-Morning, Seven Dials, Monmouth Street, London Recreations by George Cruikshank    

William Hogarth’s (1697-1764) pair of prints “Gin Lane” and “Beer Street” (1751) served as propaganda against gin drinking among the London poor.  Hogarth was an important influence for both Cruikshank and Dickens.

John Payne Jennings, The Dargle Rock, c. 1869, albumen print, approx. 9×11″ Orlando Parry, A London Street Scene, 1834, Watercolor, 71.1 x 101.6cm (approx. 2.5 x 3 feet)